Stephen A. Smith blasts Ben Roethlisberger

Outspoken host Stephen A. Smith is taking former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to task for what he feels is a negative culture shift in the locker room.

While speaking on "First Take" earlier today, Smith essentially pointed the finger at Roethlisberger as to why things are coming apart for the Steelers.

"Your hands ain’t clean in all of this" Smith said to Ben. "Aren’t you somewhat responsible for the transitioning as it pertains to culture? Particularly when Mike Tomlin was there? And you’re there… you stayed too long. Last three years in the league, Ben Roethlisberger should have been gone. He was a statue.

"I’m just saying, if you’re Big Ben Roethlisberger, I thought you stayed a couple of years too long and I thought you sort of curtailed or stymied the transition so the era would continue offensively I’m talking about. I don’t think he did enough. I thought he stayed around too long and I didn’t think that he was a person that should have been around."

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